The Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire seeks a Research Scientist to join its Center for Social Policy in Practice, home to the New Hampshire Early Care and Education Research Consortium. The Consortium is a network of researchers and research users dedicated to improving New Hampshire’s child care system through stronger data.
This position will bring a developmental psychology, child development, or early childhood education perspective to a collaborative research team. The role is primarily data-focused and will include sourcing, cleaning, merging, coding, managing, analyzing, and documenting quantitative data in Stata. Typical data sources include administrative records, national and local survey data, program data, and other datasets relevant to child care, family economic security, and social policy.
The Research Scientist will help translate data into useful findings for policymakers, public agencies, philanthropy, service providers, and other community partners. Responsibilities include preparing research briefs, reports, fact sheets, presentations, data visualizations, and other public-facing materials designed to support evidence-informed decision-making.